Coffee / Specialty Beverages News & Media
Starbucks super fans to the rescue: It's charge fightin' time
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
Customers are not happy with the chain's decision to charge them for soy milk and syrups.
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Craft beer is on the menu
by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com
Many fast casuals are now serving brews.
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Report: Beverage-only occasions at restaurants on the rise
September 12, 2012
As consumers manage restaurant checks by cutting back on beverages and ordering food-only at main meals, restaurant chains are driving incremental…
read nowCaribou coffee carrying out expansion plan
September 11, 2012
Caribou Coffee has opened its latest location inside the Oakbrook Terrace Square shopping center in Chicago. It joins more than 55 Caribou coffeehouses in the…
read nowStarbucks slowly drips into India
September 10, 2012
Starbucks is slowly but surely taking on India after eyeing the market for years, according to the business.inquirer. The primarily tea-drinking nation has…
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Starbucks may have got more than most from its LivingSocial partnership
by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com
The coffee giant reportedly paid nothing but brand equity to the No. 2 daily deal site
read nowElevation Burger goes 'Freestyle'
September 7, 2012
Elevation Burger has installed the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine in 11 of its 25 U.S.-based locations. The touchscreen-operated beverage dispenser displays the…
read nowTop social media impressions include Starbucks, Burger King, McDonald's
September 6, 2012
PQ Media, a media research and analytics firm, and uberVU, a social marketing platform for real-time end-to-end social media audience measurement, have…
read nowAustralian mobile coffee chain expanding in U.S.
August 28, 2012
A new coffee concept made its debut in Georgia this week when Ginger and Mercedes Romero's Cafe2U mobile espresso van began serving customers in Savannah. The…
read nowSeattle's Best contest-winning coffee includes bacon, pumpkin flavors
August 27, 2012
After searching across state fairs in California, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Ohio, as well as on Facebook throughout the summer, Seattle's Best Coffee and…
read nowSeattle's Best taps Facebook fans to pick new coffee drink
August 21, 2012
After traveling the country and reviewing hundreds of recipes, Seattle's Best Coffee and TV Chef Jeff Mauro have found the top six new coffee drink ideas in…
read nowFazoli's testing beer, wine in Ky.
August 21, 2012
Beer and wine are now on the menu at the Falozi’s near the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Customers may choose from Budweiser, Bud Light, Peroni and…
read nowCaribou Coffee announces partnership with Chicago's Jewel-Osco
August 20, 2012
Caribou Coffee Company Inc. is expanding its retail and commercial footprint in the Chicago area by partnering with the Jewel-Osco grocery chain. Caribou…
read nowTropical Smoothie Cafe under new ownership
August 17, 2012
Atlanta-based BIP Opportunities Fund has purchased controlling interest in Tropical Smoothie Café, a 315-unit food and smoothie franchise.
read nowCafe2U mobile espresso van opens in Colorado
August 8, 2012
The gourmet coffee shop on wheels has rolled into Denver.
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Square and Starbucks to form mobile payment partnership
by James Wester
Coffee giant to invest $25 million in payment company and accept Pay with Square.
read nowRed Mango launches Lemonade fro-yo and chillers
August 5, 2012
Red Mango has introduced a new line of Lemonade frozen yogurt and Frozen Lemonade Chillers, now available nationwide.
read nowStarbucks growth boosted by international operations
July 30, 2012
Starbucks same-store sales and revenue boost for the company's fiscal year 2012 third quarter were boosted by growth in select international markets.
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Restaurant chains get into the Olympic spirit
by Alicia Kelso — Editor, QSRWeb.com
Brands using Facebook to offer promotions, engage fans.
read nowPeet's Coffee & Tea signs $1 billion sale
July 23, 2012
With its $1 billion deal for Peet’s Coffee & Tea that will take the company private, investment firm Joh. A. Benckiser is making a long-term bet on the…
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